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Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:45:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > [...]
> > Indeed. I was startled to find out that my SO (age 43) was forced to use
> > his right hand to write with instead of his left in elementary school by
> > having his hands beaten with a ruler if he used the wrong one! The
> > effects still show in his labored, barely legible writing and his hatred
> > of writing. Apparently the teacher regarded left-handedness as actually
> > *evil* in some way.
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> I have a friend who went to a Catholic school. They tied his left hand behind
> his back for years because they said it was satanic. I believe they get this
> from the Biblical references to Jesus sitting on the right hand of God;
> metaphorically, the right hand is used as a place of power or authority.
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> As a lefty myself, I service furniture in customers homes in Miami. The Puerto
> Ricans, when they see me writing with my left hand, will always say "No vas a
> ir a cielo" which means "you won't go to heaven".
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> >
> > Kevin
Tell your critics to check out the story of Ehud the Left-Handed (Judges 3:12-
30). God makes use of all kinds of people.
Incidentally, the Hebrew language reads from right to left, so unless all the
Israelites wrote backwards, they would have to elist left-handers as scribes
to avoid smudging their scrolls. :)
--Ian
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| (...) I have a friend who went to a Catholic school. They tied his left hand behind his back for years because they said it was satanic. I believe they get this from the Biblical references to Jesus sitting on the right hand of God; metaphorically, (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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